Japan’s Beloved Deaf Composer is Neither Deaf Nor a Composer
Thin Ice
Turns out, a beloved deaf composer who ‘wrote’ music for the Olympics is neither deaf nor a composer—and his scandal threatens to derail his country’s figure-skating hopes.
When Daisuke Takahashi takes to the ice Thursday at the Sochi Winter Olympics, he’ll begin his quest to again make history for his country, as he did four years ago, when he became the first Japanese to medal in an Olympic male figure skating event by taking home the bronze....
